ultima
Americannoun
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ultimas
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of ultima
First recorded in 1910–15; from Latin, feminine of ultimus “farthest,” superlative corresponding to ulterior ulterior
Example Sentences
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Pytheas called the place he encountered Thule, as in ultima Thule—the land beyond all known lands.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 17, 2017
The German insistence on "ultima ratio" or last resort means that the new permanent bailout fund can only be tapped when all other options have been exhausted.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 15, 2010
But you make no mention of that almost fabulous will-o'-the-wisp, that ultima Thule of all cribbage players, the "29 hand."
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus last February Los Angeles station KNX announced the advent of What's On Your Mind?, the ultima Thule in audience-participation shows.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vergil’s ultima Thule, of the northernmost island known, variously identified with the Shetlands, Iceland, or Norway.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
At his interment, they discharged a volley of shot, crying out, "Requiescat in pace ultimas Anglorum;" that is, May the last of the English rest in peace.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe
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